Muhurat

MUMBAI: The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) will hold 'muhurat' trading session for Samavat 2060 on October 25, '03. The deals done during 'muhurat'? 06.10 pm to 07.25 pm ? and regular trading on October 27, '03 would be merged and settled under the common settlement on October 29, BSE said in a release.

By Devdutt Pattanaik Prayag, the point where the river Ganga joins the river Yamuna, near Allahabhad, is a sacred place in Hinduism. But it becomes especially sacred on the new moon day (amavasya) in the month of Magh (January-February) when the planet Jupiter enters the Zodiac House of Aquarius (Kumba) and the sun enters the Zodiac House of Aries (Mesha), an astronomical event that happens once in twelve years. When this alignment of stars and planets happens, the waters become...

Don't worry too much about the Sensex on muhurat day. A rise or fall in the benchmark index reveals very little about its full-year performance. Data gleaned from the past 12 years shows that the Sensex has ended in the red only on four occasions in the year following the muhurat trading. On eight other times, it has ended higher; in some cases substantially higher. For instance on Diwali trading in 2012, the Sensex declined half a percent but the benchmark index has risen almost 10% since...

Rise, Rise & Fall: 10k-21k and back MUMBAI: It seems the bears took a break to celebrate Diwali on Tuesday and others decided not to be bogged down by the horrors of Samvat 2064. The stock market stepped into the new year on a positive note, with the Sensex clocking its highest Muhurat-day gain of 499 points. While it was a ray of hope for many, the short evening trading session lacked the enthusiasm and excitement of many previous Muhurat...

In a chat with ET Now, Ashwani Gujral, Fund Manager, Ashwanigujral.com, shares his views on markets. Excerpts: ET Now: What are your thoughts on muhurat session tomorrow? Ashwani Gujral: I do not think anything big happens at muhurat session. You can call it symbolic, auspicious but the smaller the stock the better they tend to do and generally, the market opens with great gusto but by the end of the day, generally profit booking comes...

NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Sensex rallied as much as 144 points on the muhurat trading day on Thursday, led by gains in ONGC, ICICI Bank, ITC and HDFC. Tracking the momentum, the 50-share Nifty index also managed to reclaim its crucial psychological level of 8000, supported by gains in consumer durable, capital goods, pharma and power stocks. At 06:40 p.m.; the 30-share index pared some of the gains but was still trading at 26,839.77, up 52 points or...

MUMBAI: The National Stock Exchange (NSE) today said a special muhurat live trading session will be held on November 3, on account of Diwali. The stock market would open from 18.15 hrs on November 3 and would close at 19.30 hrs, the NSE said in a circular. "All trades executed in this Diwali muhurat trading session shall result in settlement obligations," it said.

MUMBAI: The muhurat trading session for Samvat year 2059 will be held between 5.00 pm and 6.15 pm on November four on the Mumbai Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) on account of Diwali. The BSE has decided to settle the transactions done during the muhurat session and the regular trading session on November five as a single settlement on November 11.

NEW DELHI: The country's top five commodity exchanges -- MCX , NCDEX , NMCE , ACE and ICEX -- will open for 'muhurat trading' session for 2.30 hours on the day of Diwali. The commodity bourses have fixed muhurat trading on November 13 from 5.30 pm to 8 pm in all commodities, the exchanges said in their separate circulars. The pre-open session will start from 5.15 pm on the day of Diwali and client code modification would be allowed between 8-8.15 pm,...

MUMBAI: The Nifty pared intraday gains on the special Muhurat trading session for SAMVAT 70 and closed at a record closing high led by gains in auto, pharmaceuticals and FMCG sectors. The 50-share index ended at 6,317.35, up 10.15 points or 0.16 per cent. It touched a high of 6,342.95 and a low of 6,311.15 in trade today. The S&P BSE Sensex closed at 21,231.92, up 35.11 points or 0.17 per cent. It touched a high of 21,321.53 and a low of 21,219.13 in trade...

NEW DELHI: Sharekhan Ltd advises investors to pick quality stocks in this Muhurat trading session, as markets are going through a consolidation phase. Indian markets went through a lull phase beginning last Diwali but gained momentum after a sharp rally in the last five months, wherein the indices were strongly up by about 17 per cent. A flurry of reforms and policy initiatives by the government along with strong global liquidity flows led to such a sharp...

NEW DELHI: The 50-share Nifty index is expected to open flat-to-higher on Thursday on the first day of Samvat 2071 tracking muted trend across global markets. Tracking the momentum, the index is expected to head higher later in the session to reclaim its crucial psychological level of 8000. US and majority of Asian markets ended on a muted note in trade as a shooting at the Canadian parliament unnerved investors, which triggered profit booking across markets. ...

NEW DELHI: Indian markets are expected to trade in a range on Muhurat Trading day on Thursday. The recent recovery on the 50-share Nifty index has eliminated the negative bias as the benchmark index, decisively closed above the 7950 mark on Wednesday. "We believe this positivity would extend further in the days to come; however, traders should be cautious in stock selection due to prevailing earning season," says Jayant Manglik, President-retail...

NEW DELHI: Indian markets are expected to trade in a range on Thursday, the first day of Samvat 2071. ET Now spoke to various experts and here's what they have to recommend for today's trade: Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com Trident is a 'BUY' with a target of Rs 37 and a stop loss of Rs 29 Sintex Industries Ltd is a 'BUY' with a target of Rs 97 and a stop loss of Rs 84 Man Industries is a 'BUY' with a target of...

MUMBAI: The correction in the Indian market is an opportunity to buy as the next five years will see the market in upward channel complimented by PE re-rating, says Dilip Bhat, Joint Managing Director , Prabhudas Lilladher . According to him, strong domestic participation from all investors big & small is expected in the Indian market as Indian growth story is visible. Bhat advises investors to start picking following largecaps stocks this...

MUMBAI: The Indian equities market has been on a roll and has rallied nearly 25 per cent since last Diwali . The improving macros and hopes of reforms from the new government attracted foreign institutional investors. India has already received $9.8 billion in the current fiscal and seems to be on track to record its highest ever inflows. "Though volatility is expected to prevail on the global front as central banks across the globe recalibrate liquidity...

Samvat 2071 is set to begin from October 24th 2014 and is regarded as the beginning of a new year for many Gujarati and other business communities around the country. Samvat is the Hindu New Year. It is considered auspicious to start something on this date and for the same reason, many traders in the stock market too, make token purchase of shares on Muhurat trading, say analysts. We have collated list of six stocks recommended by GEPL Capital to buy on...

MUMBAI: The Nifty extended its winning streak for fifth straight session as it ended the muhurat trading session of Samvat 2071 above 8,000 level. Raamdeo Agrawal, Joint MD, Motilal Oswal expects the market to go higher by 15-20 per cent by next Diwali. He advises to start investing and not wait for market correction. Agrawal is bullish on auto companies and recommends allocating 20-25 per cent portfolio in auto stocks. His top pick in auto component space is ...